Opinions on social media and political participation Malaysia 2018

This statistic shows the share of respondents in Malaysia who agreed or disagreed with the following impacts of social media on political participation as of December 2018. According to the Ipsos survey, the majority of the respondents agreed that social media provided a medium for people to take part in political discussions. 67 percent of respondents said that they agree that social media gave a voice to people who would not normally take part in debates and social issues, whereas 62 percent were of the opinion that social media made debates on social issues more divisive than before.